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'''Fisting'''—also known as '''fist fucking''' (FF),<ref name=":11" /> handballing, and brachioproctic or brachiovaginal insertion<ref name="Herrman">{{cite book|last=Herrman|first=Bert|title=Trust—the Hand Book: A Guide to the Sensual and Spiritual Art of Handballing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o1ZvK2UC4FQC|access-date=March 4, 2014|year=1991|publisher=Alamo Square Press|location=San Francisco|isbn=978-0-9624751-5-3|pages=46–47, 58}}</ref>—is a [[Human sexual activity|sexual activity]] that involves inserting one or more hands into the [[rectum]] (anal fisting) or the [[vagina]] (vaginal fisting).<ref name=":11" /> Fisting may be performed on oneself (self-fisting)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Ultimate Anal Fisting Guide |url=https://fistfy.com/anal-fisting-guide/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Fistfy |language=en-US}}</ref> or performed on one person by another. People who engage in fisting are often called "fisters".<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":18" />
== History ==
<!-- Please don't remove images without first seeking consensus on the talk page - your edit will be reverted -->Fisting's emergence as a sexual practice is commonly attributed to [[LGBT culture#Gay men's culture|gay male culture]].<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Fisting, also called handballing, fist-fucking, brachiovaginal, or brachioproctic insertion |url=http://www.leatherpedia.org/fisting-also-called-handballing-fist-fucking-brachiovaginal-or-brachioproctic-insertion/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Leatherpedia |language=en-US}}</ref> However, its precise origin is disputed. Some claim fisting began in the twentieth century,<ref name="Damousi">{{cite book|first1=Joy |last1=Damousi |first2=Robert |last2=Reynolds|title=History on the Couch: Essays in History and Psychoanalysis|publisher=[[Melbourne University]]|isbn=052285057X|year=2003|page=57|access-date=February 24, 2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f9NIWYP7MmkC&pg=PA57}}</ref><ref name="Bergman">{{cite book|author=David Bergman|title=The Violet Hour: The Violet Quill and the Making of Gay Culture|publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]|isbn=0231503830|year=2004|pages=206–207|access-date=February 24, 2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yam1zo4yUlsC&pg=PA206}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Piontek|first=Thomas|title=Queering Gay and Lesbian Studies|url=https://archive.org/details/queeringgaylesbi0000pion|url-access=registration|access-date=October 9, 2014|date=January 2006|publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]]|isbn=978-0-252-03031-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/queeringgaylesbi0000pion/page/90 90]}}</ref> whereas others assert the practice dates back to the eighteenth century or earlier.<ref name=":16">{{Cite journal |last=Martin |first=Jarred H |date=2023-04-03 |title=Fisting intimacy: The sexual scripting of intimacy in gay men’smen's anal fisting |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19419899.2022.2148119 |journal=Psychology & Sexuality |language=en |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=416–431 |doi=10.1080/19419899.2022.2148119 |hdl=2263/88857 |s2cid=253530400 |issn=1941-9899|hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Jonathan |date=2011-08-15 |title=A Hand in the Bush - An Interview with Deborah Addington |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/jmvqx7/a-hand-in-the-bush-an-interview-with-deborah-addington |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Sex education|Sex educator]] [[Center for Sex & Culture#Robert Lawrence|Robert Morgan Lawrence]], for example, claimed the practice dates back thousands of years.<ref>{{cite book |last=Taormino |first=Tristan |author-link=Tristan Taormino |date=1998 |title=The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women |publisher=Cleis Press |url=https://archive.org/details/ultimateguidetoa00taorrich |url-access=registration |page=103 |isbn=9781573440288}}</ref>[[File:Self Fisting.jpg|thumb|Anal self-fisting|180x180px|alt=Anal fisting performed by a man on himself]][[Sex club|Sex clubs]] partly or entirely dedicated to fisting emerged around the time of the [[gay liberation movement]]. Arguably the most famous fisting club was the [[Catacombs (fisting club)|Catacombs]] in [[San Francisco]], which operated during the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="occupytampa1occupytampa.org">{{cite book | first = [[Gayle | last = Rubin]], | author-link = Gayle Rubin | chapter = "The Catacombs: A Triumph of the Butthole", | title =in ''Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics, and Practice | publisher ='', Alyson Press | date =, 1992, {{ISBN| isbn = 1555831877}}, |pp. pages = 119–141}}119-141; reprinted in {{cite book | title = ''Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader | publisher ='', Duke University Press | date =, 2011, {{ISBN|0822349868}}, isbn = 978-0822349860{{cite web| url=http://occupytampa.org/files/tristan/introfem/final/introfem%20final%20final/Gayle_S._Rubin_Deviations_A_Gayle_Rubin_Reader_a_John_Hope_Franklin_Center_Book__2011.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=September 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082917/http://occupytampa.org/files/tristan/introfem/final/introfem%20final%20final/Gayle_S._Rubin_Deviations_A_Gayle_Rubin_Reader_a_John_Hope_Franklin_Center_Book__2011.pdf |archive-date=October 6, 2014 | access-date = September 30, 2014}}</ref> The Handball Express was another such club.<ref>{{cite book | first = Eric | last = Rofes | author-link=Eric Rofes | title = A Walking Tour of South of Market in the 1970s | location = San Francisco | date = 2005 | pages = 16–17 | chapter = The Handball Express, 975retrieved HarrisonSeptember Street | url=http://www.ericrofes.com/pdf/70s_Walking_Tour.pdf |access-date=November 2430, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031170033/http://www.ericrofes.com/pdf/70s_Walking_Tour.pdf |archive-date=October 31, 2014 }}</ref> [[Crisco]] was commonly used as a [[Personal lubricant|lubricant]]—prominently featured in [[Pornographic film|pornographic films]] like ''[[Bijou Theater (Chicago)#Bijou Video|Erotic Hands]]'' (1980)<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Erotic Hands |url=https://gay.aebn.com/gay/movies/125210/erotic-hands |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[AEBN]]}}</ref>—before [[#Lubricants|specialized products]] became available.<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":8" />
[[File:San Francisco Catacombs.jpg|thumb|A patch for [[Catacombs (sex club)|The Catacombs]], a gay and lesbian [[sadomasochism|S/M]] leather fisting club, from the [[Leather Archives & Museum]]'s collection]]
During the [[AIDS Crisis|AIDS crisis]] in the 1980s, cities such as San Francisco<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=1984-10-10 |title=14 San Francisco Sex Clubs Told to Close to Curb AIDS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/10/us/14-san-francisco-sex-clubs-told-to-close-to-curb-aids.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=8 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and [[New York City|New York]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carroll |first=Maurice |date=1985-10-26 |title=State Permits Closing of Bathhouses to Cut AIDS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/26/nyregion/state-permits-closing-of-bathhouses-to-cut-aids.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=1 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> forcibly closed gay establishments that, accurately or not, were believed to permit [[unsafe sex]],<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Hank |first=Trout |date=2021-12-22 |title=The bathhouse battle of 1984 |url=https://www.sfaf.org/collections/beta/the-bathhouse-battle-of-1984/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[San Francisco AIDS Foundation]] |language=en-US}}</ref> including fisting.<ref name=":15">{{Cite journal |last=Barcelos |first=Chris A. |date=2023-05-04 |title=Adventures in fisting |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14681811.2022.2061441 |journal=[[Sex Education (journal)|Sex Education]] |language=en |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=279–286 |doi=10.1080/14681811.2022.2061441 |issn=1468-1811}}</ref> Consequently, most venues that permitted fisting, namely [[gay bathhouses]] and [[sex club]]s, permanently closed.<ref>[[Gayle Rubin|Gayle S. Rubin]], "Elegy for the Valley of Kings: AIDS and the Leather Community in San Francisco, 1981-1996", in ''In Changing Times: Gay Men and Lesbians Encounter HIV/AIDS'', ed. John H. Gagnon, Peter M. Nardi, and Martin P. Levine, University of Chicago Press, 1997, {{ISBN|0226278573}}, pp. 101-144.</ref><ref name=":8" /> While the closures were supported by some in the gay community (such as [[Randy Shilts]]), others—including the [[gay press]], [[San Francisco AIDS Foundation]], and [[San Francisco Human Rights Commission]]—criticized the decision as counterproductive and a violation of civil liberties.<ref name=":12" /> Many regarded the closures as a product of [[Homophobia|anti-gay]] hysteria as well as [[Antisexualism|anti-sex]] attitudes and [[Taboo|disapproval]] of gay sexual activity in particular.<ref name=":12" />▼
Fisting became more visible and popular around the time of the [[gay liberation movement]], during which [[sex club]]s partly or entirely dedicated to the practice emerged. The [[Handkerchief code|hanky code]] allowed fisters to surreptitiously solicit partners in public by wearing red handkerchiefs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gremore |first=Graham |date=2016-05-19 |title=Levi's Is Bringing Back The Hanky Code Just In Time For Pride |url=https://www.queerty.com/levis-bringing-back-hanky-code-just-time-pride-20160519 |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=[[Queerty]] |language=en}}</ref> By 1973, gay bars, bathhouses and clubs such as the Red Star Saloon in [[South of Market, San Francisco]] were openly advertising fisting.<ref name=":22" /> The most famous fisting club was the [[Catacombs (sex club)|Catacombs]], a gay and lesbian [[sadomasochism|S/M]] [[Leather subculture|leather]] fisting club in San Francisco that operated from 1975 to 1984.<ref name="occupytampa.org">{{cite book |last=Rubin |first=Gayle |author-link=Gayle Rubin |title=Leatherfolk: Radical Sex, People, Politics, and Practice |date=1992 |publisher=Alyson Press |isbn=1555831877 |pages=119–141 |chapter=The Catacombs: A Temple of the Butthole}}; reprinted in {{cite book |url=http://occupytampa.org/files/tristan/introfem/final/introfem%20final%20final/Gayle_S._Rubin_Deviations_A_Gayle_Rubin_Reader_a_John_Hope_Franklin_Center_Book__2011.pdf |title=Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader |date=2011 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-0822349860 |access-date=September 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082917/http://occupytampa.org/files/tristan/introfem/final/introfem%20final%20final/Gayle_S._Rubin_Deviations_A_Gayle_Rubin_Reader_a_John_Hope_Franklin_Center_Book__2011.pdf |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Handball Express was another notable fisting club.<ref>{{cite book | first = Eric | last = Rofes | author-link=Eric Rofes | title = A Walking Tour of South of Market in the 1970s | location = San Francisco | date = 2005 | pages = 16–17 | chapter = The Handball Express, 975 Harrison Street | url=http://www.ericrofes.com/pdf/70s_Walking_Tour.pdf |access-date=November 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031170033/http://www.ericrofes.com/pdf/70s_Walking_Tour.pdf |archive-date=October 31, 2014 }}</ref> [[Crisco]] was commonly used as a [[Personal lubricant|lubricant]]—prominently featured in [[pornographic film]]s like ''[[Bijou Theater (Chicago)#Bijou Video|Erotic Hands]]'' (1980)<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Erotic Hands |url=https://gay.aebn.com/gay/movies/125210/erotic-hands |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[AEBN]]}}</ref>—before [[#Lubricants|specialized products]] became available.<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":8" />
▲During the [[AIDS Crisis|AIDS crisis]] in the 1980s, cities such as San Francisco<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=1984-10-10 |title=14 San Francisco Sex Clubs Told to Close to Curb AIDS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/10/us/14-san-francisco-sex-clubs-told-to-close-to-curb-aids.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=8 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and [[New York City|New York]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carroll |first=Maurice |date=1985-10-26 |title=State Permits Closing of Bathhouses to Cut AIDS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/26/nyregion/state-permits-closing-of-bathhouses-to-cut-aids.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=1 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> forcibly closed gay establishments that, accurately or not, were believed to permit [[unsafe sex]],<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Hank |first=Trout |date=2021-12-22 |title=The bathhouse battle of 1984 |url=https://www.sfaf.org/collections/beta/the-bathhouse-battle-of-1984/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[San Francisco AIDS Foundation]] |language=en-US}}</ref> including fisting.<ref name=":15">{{Cite journal |last=Barcelos |first=Chris A. |date=2023-05-04 |title=Adventures in fisting |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/fullshare/DPWUMPWCVITJDH2EKU2R?target=10.1080/14681811.2022.2061441 |journal=[[Sex Education (journal)|Sex Education]] |language=en |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=279–286 |doi=10.1080/14681811.2022.2061441 |issn=1468-1811 |s2cid=248197422 |url-access=limited}}</ref> Consequently, most venues that permitted fisting, namely [[gay bathhouses]] and [[sex club]]s, permanently closed.<ref>[[Gayle Rubin|Gayle S. Rubin]], "Elegy for the Valley of Kings: AIDS and the Leather Community in San Francisco, 1981-1996", in ''In Changing Times: Gay Men and Lesbians Encounter HIV/AIDS'', ed. John H. Gagnon, Peter M. Nardi, and Martin P. Levine, University of Chicago Press, 1997, {{ISBN|0226278573}}, pp. 101-144.</ref><ref name=":8" /> While the closures were supported by some in the gay community (such as [[Randy Shilts]]), others—including the [[gay press]], [[San Francisco AIDS Foundation]], and [[San Francisco Human Rights Commission]]—criticized the decision as counterproductive and a violation of civil liberties.<ref name=":12" /> Many regarded the closures as a product of [[Homophobia|anti-gay]] hysteria as well as [[Antisexualism|anti-sex]] attitudes and [[Taboo|disapproval]] of gay sexual activity in particular.<ref name=":12" /> Meanwhile, [[safe sex]] advocates launched a public health campaign to promote the use of gloves.<ref>{{Cite web |title=one-2018001-p02335~01 (UC12335431) |url=https://doi.org/10.25549/one-c4-45746 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=USC Libraries |date=2021 |doi=10.25549/one-c4-45746 |via=[[ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives]]}}</ref>
Fisting's visibility and popularity has grown in the twenty-first century,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-24 |title=Exploring The Pleasures Of Fisting: A Guide To Safe And Enjoyable Fisting Sexual Experiences |url=https://www.allohealth.care/healthfeed/sex-education/fisting-sexual |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Allo Health |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Beresford |first=Kaitlyn Hayes and Meka |date=2016-06-23 |title=UK sex trends: "Fisting is the new black" |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2016/06/23/uk-sex-trends-fisting-is-the-new-black/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[PinkNews]] |language=en-US}}</ref> likely due in large part to the [[Internet pornography|internet]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cheves |first=Alexander |date=2019-07-10 |title=4 Perspectives On How The Internet Has Changed Kink |url=https://www.them.us/story/how-the-internet-has-changed-kink-bdsm-leather |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[Them (website)|Them]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and greater [[Prevention of HIV/AIDS|HIV prevention and treatment options]]. Fisting [[pornography]] is now widely available online<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Dickson |first=E. J. |date=2014-10-21 |title=Is fisting the Internet's last taboo sex act? |url=https://cashmeremag.com/fisting-taboo-law-75692/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Cashmere Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> and fisters can easily meet via [[Social media|social media platforms]], some of which are tailored for fisting (e.g. [[Recon (app)|Recon]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Joseph |date=2016-05-10 |title=Another Day, Another Hack: Is Your Fisting Site Updating Its Forum Software? |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/qkjj4p/rosebuttboard-ip-board |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-26 |title=Kinky Dating App {{!}} Recon Review |url=https://www.fetish.com/magazine/kinky-dating-site-reviews/recon-app-review/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Fetish.com |language=en}}</ref> Gay bathhouses have made a comeback, with some even advertising fisting parties and live demonstrations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-24 |title=IML 2017: International Mr. Leather in Chicago |url=https://www.windycitytimes.com/lgbt/IML-2017-International-Mr-Leather-in-Chicago/59220.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[Windy City Times]]}}</ref><ref name=":15" />▼
▲Fisting's visibility and popularity has grown in the twenty-first century,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-24 |title=Exploring The Pleasures Of Fisting: A Guide To Safe And Enjoyable Fisting Sexual Experiences |url=https://www.allohealth.care/healthfeed/sex-education/fisting-sexual |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Allo Health |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Beresford |first=Kaitlyn Hayes and Meka |date=2016-06-23 |title=UK sex trends: "Fisting is the new black" |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2016/06/23/uk-sex-trends-fisting-is-the-new-black/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[PinkNews]] |language=en-US}}</ref> likely due in large part to the [[Internet pornography|internet]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cheves |first=Alexander |date=2019-07-10 |title=4 Perspectives On How The Internet Has Changed Kink |url=https://www.them.us/story/how-the-internet-has-changed-kink-bdsm-leather |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[Them (website)|Them]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and greater [[Prevention of HIV/AIDS|HIV prevention and treatment options]]. Fisting [[pornography]] is now widely available online<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Dickson |first=E. J. |date=2014-10-21 |title=Is fisting the Internet's last taboo sex act? |url=https://cashmeremag.com/fisting-taboo-law-75692/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=Cashmere Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> and fisters can easily meet via [[Social media|social media platforms]], some of which are tailored for fisting (e.g. [[Recon (app)|Recon]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Joseph |date=2016-05-10 |title=Another Day, Another Hack: Is Your Fisting Site Updating Its Forum Software? |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/qkjj4p/rosebuttboard-ip-board |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-26 |title=Kinky Dating App {{!}} Recon Review |url=https://www.fetish.com/magazine/kinky-dating-site-reviews/recon-app-review/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Fetish.com |language=en}}</ref> Gay bathhouses have made a comeback, with some even advertising fisting parties and live demonstrations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-24 |title=IML 2017: International Mr. Leather in Chicago |url=https://www.windycitytimes.com/lgbt/IML-2017-International-Mr-Leather-in-Chicago/59220.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[Windy City Times]]}}</ref><ref name=":15" />[[File:Self Fisting.jpg|thumb|Anal self-fisting|180x180px|alt=Anal fisting performed by a man on himself]]
==Techniques==▼
▲== Techniques ==
=== Hands ===
A common technique, particularly for beginners, is to extend four fingers straight with thumb tucked beneath. Some refer to this technique as the "silent duck" or "duck-billing", because the hand position resembles a [[duck]] [[beak]].<ref name="Herrman"/><ref name=":2" />
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Sometimes a penetrative partner may insert their penis or a sex toy at the same time as their hand(s), to [[Masturbation#Male masturbation|masturbate]] inside the receptive partner's rectum or vagina.
While rare, some experienced fisters are capable of taking three hands.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2020-09-22 |title=How Far Can You Go |url=https://www.fistrik.com/fistrik/all-about-fisting/how-far-can-you-go/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Fistrik |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:FistingVaginal close-upfisting with four (cropped)fingers.jpg|alt=A man inserts his hand into a vagina|thumb|180x180px|VaginalA man fisting a woman with the duck-beak method]]
=== Lubricants ===
Lubricants designed specifically for fisting or with fisting as an intended use are widely available in some countries.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web |last=Cheves |first=Alexander |date=2018-05-09 |title=25 Tips for Your First Fist |url=https://www.advocate.com/sexy-beast/2018/5/09/25-tips-your-first-fist |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]] |language=en}}</ref> Fisting lubes sold in the United States include X Lube,<ref>{{Cite web |title=XLube Powder Lubricant |url=https://xlube.com/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=XLube |language=en}}</ref> K Lube,<ref name=":19" /> FFäusten,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lube |url=https://ffausten.com/products/the-lube |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=FFäusten |language=en}}</ref> Fistpowder,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fistpowder 2.0 |url=https://www.mr-s-leather.com/fistpowder-2-0 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Mr S Leather |language=en}}</ref> and Slam Dunk.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Slam Dunk Lube - Original |url=https://www.mr-s-leather.com/slam-dunk-lube-original |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Mr S Leather |language=en}}</ref>
=== Sex toys ===
Fisters commonly use [[dildo]]s to loosen the vagina or anus before or during a fisting session.<ref name=":18" /><ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Wolf |first=Dolan |date=2018-07-19 |title=Expert advice: 8 steps for first-time fisters |url=https://www.sfaf.org/collections/beta/expert-advice-8-steps-for-first-time-fisters/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=[[San Francisco AIDS Foundation]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Some companies sell dildos that replicate the appearance and sensation of hands. Examples of fist-shaped toy manufacturers include Hankey's Toys,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Gut Puncher - Three Sizes |url=https://www.mrhankeystoys.com/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Hankey's Toys |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Dana's Grip Fist Dildo |url=https://www.mrhankeystoys.com/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Hankey's Toys |language=en}}</ref> SquarePegToys,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-10 |title=Double Fist |url=https://www.squarepegtoys.com/product/double-fist/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=SquarePegToys |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-10 |title=Open Fist |url=https://www.squarepegtoys.com/product/open-fist/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=SquarePegToys |language=en-US}}</ref> and John Thomas Toys.<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Thomas FIST Platinum Silicone Butt Plug |url=https://www.johnthomastoys.co.uk/product-page/john-thomas-fist-platinum-silicone-butt-plug-1 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=John Thomas Toys |language=en}}</ref>
== Terminology ==
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* Punch fisting: fisting in which the hand is partly or fully clenched into a [[fist]] before, during, and/or after insertion.<ref name=":17" />
* Double fisting: fisting in which two hands are inserted into the anus or vagina.<ref name=":18" /><ref name=":8" />
* Rosebud: or [[rectal prolapse]]: when walls of the rectum have prolapsed to such a degree that they protrude out of the anus. Can be induced by fisting or other ass play (named due to the prolapse's resemblance to a [[Rose|rose flower]]).<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-01-19 |title=Rectal Prolapse: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment |url=https://bespokesurgical.com/2022/01/19/rectal-prolapse/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Bespoke Surgical |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-03-17 |title=What is a Rosebud? Do you want to develop a Rosebud? |url=https://fistfy.com/what-is-a-rosebud/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Fistfy |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-20 |title=Anal Prolapse? Such A Thing Exists And Gay Fisting Causes It |url=https://redixx.com/anal-prolapse-such-a-thing-exists-and-gay-fisting-causes-it/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Redixx |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Prolapse: a synonym for rosebud; or, depending on context, it may refer specifically to more severe cases of rectal prolapse in which the walls of the rectum protrude several inches or more.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-20 |title=Anal Prolapse? Such A Thing Exists And Gay Fisting Causes It |url=https://redixx.com/anal-prolapse-such-a-thing-exists-and-gay-fisting-causes-it/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Redixx |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Bloom: "bloom" is used as a verb (e.g. "blooming") to describe the act of inducing a rosebud or prolapse, or the moment when a rosebud or prolapse becomes visible.<ref name=":4" />
According to ''The [[Routledge]] Dictionary of Modern American [[Slang]] and Unconventional English,'' "fisting" and "fist fuck" entered the American slang lexicon no later than 1969.<ref name=":11" />
==Risks==
Fisting can cause [[laceration]] or [[organ perforation|perforation]] of the [[vagina]], [[perineum]], [[rectum]], or [[Colon (anatomy)|colon]], resulting in serious injury<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cohen|first1=C. E.|last2=Giles|first2=A.|last3=Nelson|first3=M.|title=Sexual trauma associated with fisting and recreational drugs|journal=[[Sexually Transmitted Infections (journal)|Sexually Transmitted Infections]]|date=2004|volume=80|issue=6|pages=469–470|doi=10.1136/sti.2004.011171|pmid=15572616|pmc=1744939}}<!--|access-date=March 6, 2014--></ref> and even death.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Preuss|first1=Johanna|first2=Marco|last2=Strehler|first3=Reinhard|last3=Dettmeyer|first4=B.|last4=Madea|title=Death after anal "fisting"|journal=Archiv für Kriminologie|date=2007|volume=221|issue=1–2|pages=28–35|pmid= 18389861}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Torre|first=Carlo|title=Delayed death from "fisting"|journal=[[The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology]]|date=1987|volume=8|issue=1|page=91|doi=10.1097/00000433-198703000-00026|pmid=3578218}}<!--|access-date=March 6, 2014--></ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Fain|first1=Dawn B.|first2=George M.|last2=McCormick|title=Vaginal "fisting" as a cause of death|journal=[[The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology]]|date=1989|volume=10|issue=1|pages=73–75|doi=10.1097/00000433-198903000-00019|pmid=2929548}}<!--|access-date=March 6, 2014--></ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Reay|first=Donald T.|author2=John W. Eisele|title=Sexual abuse and death of an elderly lady by "fisting"|journal=[[The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology]]|date=1983|volume=4|issue=4|pages=347–350|doi=10.1097/00000433-198312000-00013|pmid=6666762}}<!--|access-date=March 6, 2014--></ref><ref name=":8" /> As anal fisting may cause damage to the rectal mucosa, it may increase the likelihood of transmission of [[sexually transmitted infection]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Auerbach |first=Judith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wq7fSNgUZKQC |title=AIDS and Behavior: An Integrated Approach |date=January 15, 1994 |publisher=National Academies Press |isbn=978-0-309-05093-7 |page=49 |access-date=March 4, 2014}}</ref> In addition, sexual activities that force air into the vagina can lead to a fatal [[air embolism]], predominantly during pregnancy.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kaiser|first=Rachel T.|title=Air embolism death of a pregnant woman secondary to orogenital sex|journal=Academic Emergency Medicine|date=1994|volume=1|issue=6|pages=555–558|doi=10.1111/j.1553-2712.1994.tb02552.x|pmid=7600403|doi-access=free}}<!--|access-date=March 6, 2014--></ref><ref name=":8" />
A 2021 study found that men who practiced anal fisting were more likely to experience [[fecal incontinence]] than men who engaged in other forms of anal sex. 18.1% of men who engaged in fisting experienced some form of fecal incontinence in the last month, compared to 7.2% of men who did not engage in fisting.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Baxter |first=Rachel |date=2022 |title=Factors Associated With Fecal Incontinence After Receptive Anal Intercourse in Men Who Have Sex With Men |url=https://www.smsna.org/patients/blog/factors-associated-with-fecal-incontinence-after-receptive-anal-intercourse-in-men-who-have-sex-with-men |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=SMSNA |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":21">{{Cite journal |last1=Garros |first1=Aurélien |last2=Bourrely |first2=Michel |last3=Sagaon-Teyssier |first3=Luis |last4=Sow |first4=Abdourahmane |last5=Lydie |first5=Nathalie |last6=Duchesne |first6=Lucie |last7=Higuero |first7=Thierry |last8=Damon |first8=Henri |last9=Velter |first9=Annie |last10=Abramowitz |first10=Laurent |date=2021 |title=Risk of Fecal Incontinence Following Receptive Anal Intercourse: Survey of 21,762 Men Who Have Sex With Men |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1743609521006238 |journal=The Journal of Sexual Medicine |volume=18 |issue=11 |pages=1880–1890 |doi=10.1016/j.jsxm.2021.07.014 |issn=1743-6095 |pmid=34645594 |s2cid=258136104 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Sarah |date=2022 |title=Is It Safe to Have Anal Sex? |url=https://www.goodrx.com/health-topic/sexual-health/anal-sex-safe |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=[[GoodRx]] |language=en}}</ref> However, more research is required to establish a causal link, and whether or not this is temporary or has a long-term impact.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":21" />
A 2022 report published in peer-reviewed academicthe journal ''[[Sex Education (journal)|Sex Education]]'' found that "clinical and forensic research has over-inflated the ‘dangers’ of fisting without an understanding of contexts in which fisting takes place."<ref name=":15" /> It also found that anal and vaginal fisting present "low to no risk" of sexually transmitted infections.<ref name=":15" />
Gloves, lubricant, and fingernail trimming can help reduce risk.<ref>{{cite book|last=van Dyk|first=Alta C.|title=HIVAIDS Care & Counselling|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BZQ9LqUHDWYC&pg=PA156|access-date=March 4, 2014|edition=4|year=2008|publisher=Pearson South Africa|isbn=978-1-77025-171-7|page=156}}</ref><ref name=":19" /><ref name=":20" />
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=== Art ===
* The [[San Francisco South of Market Leather History Alley]], opened in 2017, is art that honors [[leather subculture|leather culture]] and community members including Steve McEachern (owner of the [[Catacombs (sex club)|Catacombs]], a now defunct gay and lesbian [[sadomasochism|S/M]] [[Leather subculture|leather]] fisting club in the South of Market area of San Francisco<ref name="occupytampa.org"/>) and Bert Herrman (a fisting community leader, author, and publisher).<ref name="A&A">{{cite web |author=Cindy |date=July 17, 2017 |title=Reginold Alley's Leather Memoir |url=http://www.artandarchitecture-sf.com/ringold-alleys-leather-memoir.html |access-date=July 7, 2018 |website=Public Art and Architecture from Around the World |publisher=Art and Architecture}}</ref><ref name="Jewish">{{cite news |last=Paull |first=Laura |date=June 21, 2018 |title=Honoring gay leather culture with art installation in SoMa alleyway |url=https://www.jweekly.com/2018/06/21/honoring-gay-leather-culture-with-art-installation-in-soma-alleyway/ |access-date=June 23, 2018 |newspaper=[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California]] |publisher=}}</ref>[[File:Red-Hanky-Handkerchief-Code.jpg|thumb|In the [[handkerchief code]], the color red signifies interest in fisting.]]▼
* [[Erotic photography]] by [[Robert Mapplethorpe]], including "Double Fist Fuck" (1977) and "Fist Fuck / Full Body" (1978)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Double Fist Fuck (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection) |url=https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/109GDQ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[J. Paul Getty Museum|The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fist Fuck / Full Body |url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/2233389 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Los Angeles County Museum of Art|LACMA Collections]]}}</ref>
* [[Erotica]] by [[Tom of Finland]],<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-03-21 |title=Tom of Finland - The Gay Icon Who Changed Pop Culture Forever |url=https://fistfy.com/tom-of-finland-the-gay-icon-who-changed-pop-culture-forever/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Fistfy |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Street |first=Mikelle |date=2021-01-04 |title=Your Favorite (Explicit) Tom of Finland Art Is Now a Set of Magnets |url=https://www.out.com/art/2021/1/04/your-favorite-explicit-tom-finland-art-now-set-magnets#toggle-gdpr |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Out (magazine)|Out]] |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Dom Orejudos]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom of Finland Foundation Galleries, Galleries of Artists: Etienne/Stephen |url=https://www.tomoffinland.org/toff-gallery/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Tom of Finland Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> [[The Hun (cartoonist)|Bill Schmeling]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Poster of Leatherman/Biker in Chaps fisting a bound nude man with can of Crisco at feet #1/10 by The Hun [Bill Schmeling] - 1981 |url=https://biblio.com.au/book/poster-leatherman-biker-chaps-fisting-bound/d/1397088558 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Biblio.com|Biblio]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Chuck Arnett]],<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=Red Star Saloon S.F. (UC1STO551521) |url=https://doi.org/10.25549/one-c4-46788 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=USC Libraries |date=2021 |doi=10.25549/one-c4-46788 |via=[[ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chuck Arnett collection |url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c82z1cb6/entire_text/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=[[Online Archive of California]] |series=Collection Number: 1997-42}}</ref> [[Gengoroh Tagame]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bayly |first=Zac |date=2024-08-22 |title=Gengoroh Tagame: Japanese Author of Brutal Sadomasochistic Comics Is Actually a Big Softy |url=https://buttmagazine.com/interviews/gengoroh-tagame/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[Butt (magazine)|Butt Magazine]] |series=Issue 33 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Drubskin]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-17 |title=Artworks |url=https://www.drubskin.com/2023/,%20https://www.drubskin.com/2023/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[Drubskin]] |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* ''[[Hanky Panky (painting)|Hanky Panky]]'' (2020) by [[Kent Monkman]]
==== Performance Artart ====
* In ''Solar Anus'' (1999), [[Ron Athey]] challenged the [[Feminization (activity)|feminization]] and [[Gay sex roles|sexual roles]] associated with male penetration by both giving and receiving penetration through self-fisting.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gallego |first1=Julia R. |date=2014 |title=The Dissector's Cut, the Wound and the Orifice: Seeing Ron Athey's performances through a cultural anatomy of the vagina |journal=Performance Research |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=74–84 |doi=10.1080/13528165.2014.947124 |s2cid=191537518}}</ref>
* In ''Being Green'' (2009), [[Jess Dobkin]] was fisted while dressed as the [[hand puppet]] [[Kermit the Frog]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Being Green |url=https://www.jessdobkin.com/jd_work/being-green/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[Jess Dobkin]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dupuis |first=Chris |date=2021-09-16 |title=Jess Dobkin, a Performance Artist With a Unique Sense of Humor |url=http://hyperallergic.com/677439/jess-dobkin-a-performance-artist-with-a-unique-sense-of-humor/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[Hyperallergic]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In 2013, [[Detroit]]-based artist Jerry Vile placed a 4-ft. tall can of Crisco in front of the fist-shaped ''[[Monument to Joe Louis]]'' for "helping to ease the pain of [[Detroit bankruptcy|Detroit's bankruptcy]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-08 |title=Detroit's massive jar of Crisco up for sale on eBay |url=https://www.michiganradio.org/offbeat/2013-08-08/detroits-massive-jar-of-crisco-up-for-sale-on-ebay |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Michigan Radio|Michigan Public Media]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Olshansky |first=Clara |date=2013-07-31 |title=Artist Gives Detroit Crisco, "To Ease the Pain" |url=http://artfcity.com/2013/07/31/artist-gives-detroit-crisco-to-ease-the-pain/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Art F City |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Music ===
* The [[album cover]] for "''[[Rod McKuen#LGBT activism|Slide... Easy In]]"'' by [[Rod McKuen]] (1977) depicts gay porn star [[Bruno (adult performer)|Bruno]]'s fist clenching "Disco" [[shortening]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Gillian |date=2015-02-19 |title=Straight After Death: Misremembering the Queer Life and Times of Rod McKuen |url=https://notchesblog.com/2015/02/19/not-by-my-definition-remembering-rod-mckuens-queer-life-and-times/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=NOTCHES |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">1977 cover art for ''Slide Easy In'' by Rod McKuen, digitized and published on [http://glamjacknyc.blogspot.com/2015/01/ Blogspot.com] on January 29, 2015. Inscription on cover reads, in part: "If this album sounds different, it tried to be. The performers, producers, the players (whether part of the enormous rhythm section or the full symphony complement of strings) knew this was a project everyone had to get into; not just on the surface, but deeply—and together. If you don't feel "easy in" then perhaps your threshold of pain or pleasure needs looking into. [...] Photos of Bruno courtesy of Target Studios. Bruno Courtesy of The Bull Pen. Special thanks to Target."</ref> The inscription states "this was a project everyone had to get into; not just on the surface, but deeply—and together. If you don't feel "easy in" then perhaps your threshold of pain or pleasure needs looking into."<ref name=":13" /> (The European edition of the album featured a different cover because the original was considered "too outrageous.")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doyle |first=JD |title=Rod McKuen "Slide...Easy In" LP |url=https://www.queermusicheritage.com/oct2012mckuen.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Queer Music Heritage}}</ref>▼
▲* The [[album cover]] for "[[Rod McKuen#LGBT activism|Slide... Easy In]]" by [[Rod McKuen]] (1977) depicts gay porn star [[Bruno (adult performer)|Bruno]]'s fist clenching "Disco" [[shortening]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Gillian |date=2015-02-19 |title=Straight After Death: Misremembering the Queer Life and Times of Rod McKuen |url=https://notchesblog.com/2015/02/19/not-by-my-definition-remembering-rod-mckuens-queer-life-and-times/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=NOTCHES |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":13">1977 cover art for ''Slide Easy In'' by Rod McKuen, digitized and published on [http://glamjacknyc.blogspot.com/2015/01/ Blogspot.com] on January 29, 2015. Inscription on cover reads, in part: "If this album sounds different, it tried to be. The performers, producers, the players (whether part of the enormous rhythm section or the full symphony complement of strings) knew this was a project everyone had to get into; not just on the surface, but deeply—and together. If you don't feel "easy in" then perhaps your threshold of pain or pleasure needs looking into. [...] Photos of Bruno courtesy of Target Studios. Bruno Courtesy of The Bull Pen. Special thanks to Target."</ref> The inscription states "this was a project everyone had to get into; not just on the surface, but deeply—and together. If you don't feel "easy in" then perhaps your threshold of pain or pleasure needs looking into."<ref name=":13" /> (The European edition of the album featured a different cover because the original was considered "too outrageous.")<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doyle |first=JD |title=Rod McKuen "Slide...Easy In" LP |url=https://www.queermusicheritage.com/oct2012mckuen.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Queer Music Heritage}}</ref>
* "[[Welcome to the Pleasuredome|Krisco Kisses]]" (1984) by [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hilton |first=Danny |date=2014-03-28 |title=The 10 best songs about gay sex |url=https://www.queerty.com/the-10-best-songs-about-gay-sex-20140328 |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[Queerty]]}}</ref>
* "[[Stinkfist]]" (1996) by [[Tool (band)|Tool]]
* Music video for "[[House of Air (song)|House of Air]]" (2017) by [[Brendan Maclean]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Michelson |first=Noah |date=2017-02-10 |title=This Singer's 'Shocking' XXX Music Video Is A 'Royal F**K You' To The Trump Era |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brendan-maclean-house-of-air_n_589dc5d9e4b03df370d5811c |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=[[Huffington Post]] |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Monument to Joe Louis--.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Monument to Joe Louis]]'', which made headlines in 2013 for what was widely considered a fisting joke.]]
=== Film ===
* ''[[Caligula (film)|Caligula]]'' (1979)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bray |first=Catherine |date=2023-05-19 |title=‘An'An irresistible mix of art and genitals’genitals': Caligula finally comes to Cannes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/19/an-irresistible-mix-of-art-and-genitals-caligula-finally-comes-to-cannes |access-date=2024-01-14 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>▼
▲* ''[[Caligula (film)|Caligula]]'' (1979)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bray |first=Catherine |date=2023-05-19 |title=‘An irresistible mix of art and genitals’: Caligula finally comes to Cannes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/19/an-irresistible-mix-of-art-and-genitals-caligula-finally-comes-to-cannes |access-date=2024-01-14 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* ''[[Cruising (film)|Cruising]]'' (1980)<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Rachel Rabbit |date=2019-04-18 |title=Sex Scenes: 'Cruising' Through 1970s Gay NYC |url=https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/gy4bd4/sex-scenes-cruising-through-1970s-gay-nyc |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Garage (magazine)|Garage]] |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]'' (1999)<ref>{{Cite webmagazine |last=Hochman |first=David |date=1999-07-09 |title=Putting the 'R' in ''South Park'' |url=https://ew.com/article/1999/07/09/putting-r-south-park/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |websitemagazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Usher |first=Shaun |date=2009-09-30 |title=P.S. This is my favorite memo ever |url=https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/ps-this-is-my-favorite-memo-ever |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Letters of Note |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey (film)|Fifty Shades of Grey]]'' (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Joy Y. |date=2015-02-16 |title=Least sexy scene in 'Fifty Shades' is also the most progressive |url=https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/least-sexy-scene-fifty-shades-also-the-most-progressive-msna530936 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=[[MSNBC]] |language=en}}</ref>
==== Pornographic Filmsfilms ====
* ''[[Hand in Hand Films|Drive]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Candy Stripers (film)|Candy Strippers]]'' (1978)
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=== Television ===
* In 1993, [[Julian Clary]] joked "I've just been fisting [[Norman Lamont]] 'round the corner" during a live broadcast of the [[National Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards]] viewed by 13 million people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Emma |date=2019-09-23 |title=Julian Clary doesn't regret that infamous Norman Lamont joke |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/23/julian-clary-doesnt-regret-infamous-norman-lamont-gag-good-joke-10793365/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |language=en}}</ref>
* In 1993, ''[[JulianSouth ClaryPark]]'' jokedseason 5 episode 14 ("I’ve[[Butters' justVery beenOwn fistingEpisode]]," December 2001), [[NormanButters LamontStotch|Butters]] 'round father watches the cornerfilm "Fisting duringFiremen a9" liveat broadcasta of thegay [[NationalAdult Comedymovie Awardstheater|Britishadult Comedy Awardstheater]] viewed by 13 million people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=KellyVivona |first=EmmaVeronica |date=20192017-0906-2324 |title=JulianSouth ClaryPark: 15 Times Butters doesnDidn't regretKnow thatWhat infamousWas NormanGoing Lamont jokeOn |url=https://metroscreenrant.co.uk/2019/09/23com/juliansouth-clarypark-doesnttimes-regretbutters-infamoushad-normanno-lamontidea-gag-good-joke-10793365oblivious/ |access-date=2024-01-0220 |website=[[MetroScreen (British newspaper)|MetroRant]] |language=en}}</ref>
* Judges and contestants on ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]'' and its [[RuPaul's Drag Race#Spin-offs|spin-offs]] are known to sometimes make fisting-related jokes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henderson |first=Eric |date=2018-03-23 |title=RuPaul’sRuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Season 10, Episode 1, "10s Across the Board" |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-10-episode-1-10s-across-the-board/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Slant Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Jason P. |date=2023-06-16 |title=RuPaul’sRuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Recap: Yes, And? |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-recap-season-8-episode-7-forensic-queens.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webmagazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=2017-06-01 |title=Watch 'Drag Race' Queens Crack RuPaul up During Shady Puppet Challenge |url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/06/01/rupaul-drag-race-shady-puppet-challenge/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |websitemagazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>▼
* In ''[[South Park]]'' season 5 episode 14 ("[[Butters' Very Own Episode]]," December 2001), [[Butters Stotch|Butters]]' father watches the film "Fisting Firemen 9" at a gay [[Adult movie theater|adult theater]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vivona |first=Veronica |date=2017-06-24 |title=South Park: 15 Times Butters Didn’t Know What Was Going On |url=https://screenrant.com/south-park-times-butters-had-no-idea-oblivious/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |language=en}}</ref>
* In ''[[Family Guy]]'' season 7 episode 8 ("[[Family Gay]]," March 2009),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family Gay |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1329675/?ref_=ttqu_ov |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> a character exclaims to a group of gay men [[Offscreen|off-screen]]: "use your fists... No, no, no, not like that!"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family Gay/Quotes |url=https://familyguy.fandom.com/wiki/Family_Gay/Quotes |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[Fandom (website)|Family Guy Wiki - Fandom]] |language=en}}</ref>
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' season 24 episode 15 ("[[Black Eyed, Please|Black-Eyed, Please]]," March 2013), [[Waylon Smithers]] asks, "What's this about a fisting?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Simpsons (TV Series) - Black-Eyed, Please (2013) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2710782/characters/nm0733427 |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Black-Eyed, Please |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2710782/?ref_=tt_ch |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>
▲* Judges and contestants on ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]'' and its [[RuPaul's Drag Race#Spin-offs|spin-offs]] are known to sometimes make fisting-related jokes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henderson |first=Eric |date=2018-03-23 |title=RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Season 10, Episode 1, "10s Across the Board" |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-10-episode-1-10s-across-the-board/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Slant Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Jason P. |date=2023-06-16 |title=RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Recap: Yes, And? |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-recap-season-8-episode-7-forensic-queens.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=2017-06-01 |title=Watch 'Drag Race' Queens Crack RuPaul up During Shady Puppet Challenge |url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/06/01/rupaul-drag-race-shady-puppet-challenge/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
=== Literature ===
* ''All'' trilogy (1969–1971) by [[Dirk Vanden]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gunn |first=Drewey Wayne |date=2014-11-06 |title=Remembering Dirk Vanden |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2014/11/remembering-dirk-vanden/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=[[Lambda Literary]] |language=en}}</ref>
* ''AllMaitreya'' trilogy (1969-19711978) by [[DirkSevero VandenSarduy]]<ref>{{Cite webjournal |last=GunnRiobó |first=Drewey WayneCarlos |date=2014-11-062013 |title=RememberingRaiding Dirkthe Vanden"Anales" of the Empire: Sarduy's Subversions of the Latin American Boom |url=https://lambdaliterarywww.jstor.org/2014/11/remembering-dirk-vandenstable/43279288 |access-datejournal=2024-01-04Hispanic Review |websitevolume=[[Lambda81 Literary]]|issue=3 |languagepages=en331–352 |doi=10.1353/hir.2013.0029 |jstor=43279288 |s2cid=162388356 |issn=0018-2176}}</ref>
* ''Maitreya'' (1978) by [[Severo Sarduy]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Riobó |first=Carlos |date=2013 |title=Raiding the "Anales" of the Empire: Sarduy's Subversions of the Latin American Boom |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43279288 |journal=Hispanic Review |volume=81 |issue=3 |pages=331–352 |issn=0018-2176}}</ref>
* ''The Divine Androgyne According To Purusha'' (1981) by Peter Christopher Larkin<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saylor |first=Steven |orig-date=1982-04-29 |title=A Search for Ecstasy |url=https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/sfbagals/Sentinal/1982_SFS_Vol09_No12_Apr_29.pdf |access-date=2024-01-14 |work=[[San Francisco Sentinel|The Sentinel]] |location=San Francisco |pages=11 |via=[[University of California, Berkeley]] |volume=9 |issue=12}}</ref>
* ''Trust: The Handbook: A Guide to the Sensual and Spiritual Art of Handballing'' (1991) by Bert Herrman<ref name="Herrman" />
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[[File:La Fistinière.jpg|thumb|[[La Fistinière]], a fisting club in France]]
=== BusinessClubs ===
* [[Crisco Disco]], discotheque in New York City (1970s-1980s)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sawyer |first=Drew |editor-last=Fowles |editor-first=Sev |title=Crisco Or How To Do Queer Theory With Things |url=https://www.columbia.edu/~sf2220/TT2007/web-content/Pages/drew2.html |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=[[Columbia University]] |series=Thing Theory (2007)}}</ref>
* [[Catacombs (sex club)|Catacombs]], sex club in San Francisco (1975- to 1981, reopened at another location from 1982 to 1984)<ref name=":15" />
* [[Mineshaft (gay club)|Mineshaft]], bar and sex club in New York City (1976-19851976–1985)
* [[Caldron (sex club)|Caldron]], sex club in San Francisco (1980-19841980–1984)
* Crisco Club, gay bar and sex club in [[Florence|Florence, Italy]] (est. 1981)<ref>{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ Florence |url=https://www.feelflorence.it/en/dalle-redazioni/lgbtq-florence |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Feel Florence - [[Florence|Municipality of Florence]] Official Tourism Website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Una Bella Storia |url=http://www.criscoclub.com/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Crisco Club - American Crisco Club Firenze}}</ref>
* [[La Fistinière]], fisting guesthouse in [[Assigny, Cher|Assigny, France]] (2007-20182007–2018)
* Le One Way, gay bar and sex club in Paris, France<ref>{{Cite web |title=One Way (UC12333964) |url=https://doi.org/10.25549/one-c4-46937 |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=USC Libraries |date=2021 |doi=10.25549/one-c4-46937 |via=ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=One Way |url=https://www.parislgbt.com/en/listing/one-way/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Paris LGBT+ Guide |language=Fr}}</ref>
=== Other ===
[[File:Red-Hanky-Handkerchief-Code.jpg|thumb|In the [[handkerchief code]], the color red signifies interest in fisting.]]
* In 2011, adult performers [[Jiz Lee]] and Courtney Trouble proclaimed [[October 21]] as "International Fisting Day," which Lee described as "a day of international celebration and education" intended in part to combat [[censorship]].<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":15" />▼
* In the [[handkerchief code]], the color [[red]] signifies interest in fisting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cornier |first=J. Raúl |date=2019-04-23 |title=Hanky Panky: An Abridged History of the Hanky Code |url=https://historyproject.org/news/2019-04/hanky-panky-abridged-history-hanky-code-0 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=The History Project}}</ref>
▲* In 2011, adult performers [[Jiz Lee]] and Courtney Trouble proclaimed [[October 21]] as "International Fisting Day," which Lee described as "a day of international celebration and education" intended in part to combat [[censorship]].<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":15" />
▲*The [[San Francisco South of Market Leather History Alley]], opened in 2017, honors [[leather subculture|leather culture]] and community members including Steve McEachern (owner of the [[Catacombs (sex club)|Catacombs]]) and Bert Herrman (a fisting community leader, author, and publisher).<ref name="A&A">{{cite web |author=Cindy |date=July 17, 2017 |title=Reginold Alley's Leather Memoir |url=http://www.artandarchitecture-sf.com/ringold-alleys-leather-memoir.html |access-date=July 7, 2018 |website=Public Art and Architecture from Around the World |publisher=Art and Architecture}}</ref><ref name="Jewish">{{cite news |last=Paull |first=Laura |date=June 21, 2018 |title=Honoring gay leather culture with art installation in SoMa alleyway |url=https://www.jweekly.com/2018/06/21/honoring-gay-leather-culture-with-art-installation-in-soma-alleyway/ |access-date=June 23, 2018 |newspaper=[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California]] |publisher=}}</ref>[[File:Red-Hanky-Handkerchief-Code.jpg|thumb|In the [[handkerchief code]], the color red signifies interest in fisting.]]
== Legal status ==
=== United Kingdom ===
In the [[United Kingdom]], performing fisting<ref name="extreme-porn-trial">{{cite news|author=[[Myles Jackman]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/aug/08/extreme-porn-trial-simon-walsh |title=Extreme porn trial: consensual sex and the state |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=August 8, 2012 |access-date=January 4, 2013 |location=London}}</ref> and fisting pornography are both legal.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Long |first=Matilda |date=2019-01-31 |title=Ban on fetish porn including BDSM overturned in England in landmark ruling |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/violent-porn-including-bdsm-no-longer-illegal-uk-long-performers-consenting-155930303.html |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=[[Yahoo News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> However, until 2019, the [[Crown Prosecution Service]] (CPS) considered publication of fisting material to be grounds for prosecution under the [[Obscene Publications Act 1959]]<ref name=":9">{{cite web |title=Obscene publications: Legal Guidance |url=http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/l_to_o/obscene_publications/#a05 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215064811/http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/l_to_o/obscene_publications/#a05 |archive-date=2016-12-15 |access-date=April 20, 2023 |website=[[Crown Prosecution Service]]}}{{void|comment|Fabrickator|Evidently, fisting had been removed from the website by about 2019, claim may need to be reviewed and updated}}</ref> and [[Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008]], the latter of which prohibits so-called "extreme pornography."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Extreme Pornography |url=https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/extreme-pornography |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=[[Crown Prosecution Service]] |archive-date=January 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118000008/https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/extreme-pornography |url-status=dead }}</ref> SuchIn prosecutions1998, werethe [[Birmingham City University|University of Central England]] was involved in a controversy when a library book by [[Robert Mapplethorpe]] was confiscated from a student by the police, who informed the university that two photographs in the book (including one involving fisting) would have to be removed. If the university agreed to the removal (which it did not) alwaysthe book would be successfulreturned. ForThe two instancephotographs, inwhich were deemed possibly prosecutable as obscenity, included “Helmut and Brooks, NYC, 1978”, which shows anal fisting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/254559/robert-mapplethorpe-helmut-and-brooks-nyc-american-1978/ |title=Helmut and Brooks, N.Y.C. (Getty Museum) |publisher=Getty.edu |date= |accessdate=2020-01-03}}</ref><ref name="independent1998">{{cite news|author=Jason Bennetto |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/mapplethorpe-images-cleared-1175348.html%3famp |title=Mapplethorpe images cleared |publisher=The Independent |date=1998-10-01 |accessdate=2020-01-03}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1999">{{cite web |url=http://www.uce.ac.uk/mapplethorpe/ |title=UCE pages on the Mapplethorpe controversy |accessdate=12 November 2002 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990209055420/http://www.uce.ac.uk/mapplethorpe/ |archivedate=February 9, 1999 }}</ref> However, after a delay of about six months, the affair came to an end when Peter Knight, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, was informed that no legal action would be taken.<ref name="independent1998"/><ref name="autogenerated1999"/> The book was returned to the university library without removal of the photos.<ref name="Smartt2011">{{cite book|author=Ursula Smartt|title=Media and Entertainment Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qCLR5fyc7N0C&pg=PA277|date=19 April 2011|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-136-73641-4|pages=277–}}</ref> In ''[[R v Peacock]]'' (2012), the jury found Michael Peacock not guilty of breaching the Obscene Publications Act for selling [[DVD]]s containing anal fisting.<ref>{{cite news |author1last1=Beaumont |firstfirst1=Peter |author2last2=Hodgson |first2=Nichi |date=2012-01-07 |title=Obscenity law in doubt after jury acquits distributor of gay pornography |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/jan/07/obscene-publications-act-future-doubt |access-date=2012-01-07 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> That same year, a jury took less than 90 minutes<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davies |first=Caroline |date=2012-08-08 |title=Former Boris Johnson aide cleared of possession of 'extreme pornography' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/aug/08/boris-johnson-aide-extreme-pornography-cleared |access-date=2024-01-17 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> [[Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008#2012 test case|to acquit Simon Walsh]] for possession of images of anal fisting that the [[Crown Prosecution Service]] (CPS) alleged constituted illegal, extreme pornography.<ref name="extreme-porn-trial" /> In 2019, the CPS declared it would no longer prosecute pornography produced by consenting adults engaging in legal acts,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Waterson |first=Jim |date=2019-01-31 |title=Pornography of adult consensual sex no longer taboo, says CPS |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jan/31/pornography-of-adult-consensual-sex-no-longer-taboo-says-cps |access-date=2024-01-18 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> including fisting.<ref name=":10" />
=== United States ===
Fisting is on the Cambria List, meant to be a list of sex acts that carry risk of prosecution under [[United States obscenity law|U.S. obscenity law]], created by [[Paul Cambria]] in 2001 to help producers avoid obscenity lawsuits.<ref name=":6" /> However, as of 2019, the Cambria List is generally regarded as obsolete within the American [[pornography industry]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zorkin |first=Gene |date=2019-06-12 |title=Are Obscenity Prosecution Concerns Obsolete? |url=https://www.ynot.com/obscenity-prosecution-obsolete/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=YNOT |language=en-US}}</ref>
== See also ==
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* [[Anal sex]]
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